The Block's Jess Eva has candidly spoken about her battle with postnatal depression and revealed what it's like to be on antidepressants for it.
Speaking on her radio show, Triple M Sydney's Moonman in the Morning, the 33-year-old former reality TV contestant said that antidepressants make you 'emotionally numb.'
The mother-of-two said she was on the medication for five years after the birth of her son Freddie, five, and has just recently gone off them.
Candid: The Block's Jess Eva reveals what it's like being on antidepressants for postnatal depression (Pictured with husband Norm on The Block)
'There's certain things in life that I didn't find scary, cause you get emotionally numb, that I'm finding a little bit scary to do now that I'm off them and can feel emotion,' Jess said.
She explained how the antidepressants made her 'flat line,' saying: 'The lows were so low, you sacrifice the highs to not get the lows.'
Jess - who rose to fame on The Block with builder husband Norm - said that she went on a slippery slide at Sydney's Luna Park at the weekend and loved the experience as now she can feel emotion.
'You get emotionally numb': The mother-of-two said she was on the medication for five years after the birth of her son Freddie, five, (pictured) and has just recently gone off them
'It's wild!' Jess - who rose to fame on The Block with builder husband Norm - said that she went on a slippery slide at Sydney's Luna Park at the weekend and loved the experience as now she can feel emotion
'Have you ever been down a slippery slide without your meds (sic)? Oh my God,
